The Most Famous
Soccer Players from Cameroon
This page contains a list of the greatest Cameroonians Soccer Players. The pantheon dataset contains 21,273 Soccer Players, 142 of which were born in Cameroon. This makes Cameroon the birth place of the 34th most number of Soccer Players behind Paraguay and Ukraine.
Top 10 Cameroonian Soccer Players
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Cameroonians Soccer Players of all time. This list of famous Cameroonians Soccer Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Cameroonians Soccer Players.
- #1
Roger Milla
b. 1952
HPI 72.4655 langsRoger Milla is most famous for being a Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker. He is also known for his goal celebration of running...Read moreShow less
Roger Milla is most famous for being a Cameroonian footballer who played as a striker. He is also known for his goal celebration of running to the corner flag and doing a dance.
- #2
Samuel Eto'o
b. 1981
HPI 67.9378 langsSamuel Eto'o is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is the most decorated African...Read moreShow less
Samuel Eto'o is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Antalyaspor. He is the most decorated African player in history, having won the African Player of the Year award a record four times in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2010.
- #3
Thomas N'Kono
b. 1956
HPI 63.5433 langsCameroonian footballer
- #4
André Onana
b. 1996
HPI 61.3450 langsCameroonian association football player (born 1996)
- #5
Patrick M'Boma
b. 1970
HPI 61.0951 langsCameroonian association football player
- #6
Marc-Vivien Foé
1975 - 2003
HPI 60.1338 langsCameroonian footballer
- #7
Geremi
b. 1978
HPI 58.7241 langsCameroonian footballer
- #8
Emmanuel Kundé
1956 - 2025
HPI 57.9719 langsCameroonian footballer
- #9
Samuel Umtiti
b. 1993
HPI 57.8266 langsFrench association football player
- #10
Joseph-Antoine Bell
b. 1954
HPI 57.3622 langsCameroonian footballer
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Cameroonians Soccer Players grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
2000s(8)
1990s(47)
1980s(42)
1970s(29)
1960s(9)
Overlapping Lives
Which Soccer Players were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 10 most globally memorable Soccer Players since 1700.
